ASTM D3064-97(2003)

Terminology Relating to Aerosol Products

SCOPE
1.1 The terms found in this terminology relate to the nomenclature used in the aerosol industry.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Sep-1997
• ICS: 01.040.55 - Packaging and distribution of goods (Vocabularies)
• ICS: 55.130 - Aerosol containers
• Technical Committee: D10 - Packaging
• Drafting Committee: D10.33 - Aerosol Products

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D3064-97 - Terminology Relating to Aerosol Products
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-1997
• Replaced By: ASTM D3064-97(2008) - Terminology Relating to Aerosol Products
• Effective Date: 01-Oct-2008
• Referred By: ASTM D3076-18 - Standard Practice for Effective Crimping on Outside Crimped Valves of Aerosol Containers (Withdrawn 2023)
• Effective Date: 10-Sep-1997

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation:D3064–97 (Reapproved 2003)
Standard Terminology Relating To
Aerosol Products
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3064; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope cold filling—the pressurizing of a container by cooling the
propellant (and sometimes the product) below its boiling
1.1 The terms found in this terminology relate to the
point and transferring it into the container before the valve is
nomenclature used in the aerosol industry.
put in place. The operation is usually carried out at atmo-
2. Terminology
spheric pressure (that is, high pressure equipment is not
needed).
active ingredient—component of an aerosol formulation that
compatibility—the ability of various components or an aero-
produces the specific effect for which the formulation is
sol formulation to be used together without undesirable
designed.
physical or chemical results.
aerosol can side seam—cans which are formed from rectan-
concentrate—the product mix to which the propellant is
gular sheets have a soldered, bonded or welded strip which
added.
joins two corresponding or matching side gilt edges to form
cosolvent—solvent used to improve the mutual solubility of
a cylinder.
other ingredients.
aerosol packaging—pressurizing sealed containers with liq-
crimp—an operation that mechanically seals the valve to the
uefied or compressed gases, enabling the product to self-
container.
dispense.The term 88aerosol’’ as used here is not confined to
density—mass of a given volume of material at a specified
the scientific definition (that is, a suspension of fine solid or
temperature.
liquid particles in air or gas).
delivery rate—mass of mixture discharged from the dispenser
aspirator valve—a valve in which the propellant vapor is
per unit of time at a specified temperature, usually expressed
aspirated through an orifice in the valve chamber, causing a
in g/s at 80 °F (26 °C).
suction effect that draws the product up the dip tube and into
dip tube—tubing connecting the lower portion of the container
the valve.
or dispenser with the valve.
auxiliary solvent—liquid material used in addition to the
head space—volume in the upper portion of the dispenser not
primary solvent. It is generally used to replace part of the
filled with liquid contents usually expressed as percent of
primary solvent to produce a specific effect, or, as a matter of
total volume of dispenser at a specified temperature.
economics.
inert (inactive) ingredient—component of an aerosol formu-
chemical attack—chemical reaction or solvent effect, causing
lation that does not contribute to the specific effect of the
failure or deterioration of plastic and rubber parts, organic
formulation. In some cases, it may be quite arbitrarily
coating, metals, or lithography involved in the completed
defined (for example with insecticides, only the propellants
package.
are considered as inert ingredients).
co-dispensing valve—an arrangement whereby two compo-
metering valve—a valve that delivers a definite limited
nents of a product are separated inside the container and
amount of aerosol formulation each time the valve mecha-
mixed at the time of use, when ejected through dual channels
nism is operated.
into the valve.
nonvolatile ingredient—component of an aerosol formulation
with a vapor pressure less than atmospheric pressure (14.7
psia (101 kPa)) at 105 °F (40.6 °C).
This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D10 on
official test aerosol, OTA—a standard insecticide dispenser
Packaging and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D10.33 on Mechanical
and formulation prepared by the Chemical Specialties
Dispensers. Originally developed by the Chemical Specialties Manufacturers Assn.
Manufacturers Association (CSMA) for use in aerosol test
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2003. Published February 1998. Originally
published as D 3064 – 72. Last previous edition D 3064 – 89. methods for flying insects.
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D3064–97 (2003)
overrun—the relation between the liquid volume of the cream The temperature should be specified.
mix, and that of the dispensed aerated product. solvent—the liquid part of a
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